The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
END OF THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
TIE WORK OF THE CLOSING WEEK ON
THE sPRINGFIELD TRACK.

Naunht - Fridays Brisk Business - a
$4,000 Stake Race for Next Year.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, Sept. 1o.--This week
saw the conclusion ut Hampton Park Of the
annual trotting campaign Of what IL known ~
the grand circuit. Tho trump card was
arranged to DO played on Wednesday. when
the pacing phenomenon Johnston would for o
second time meet Harry Wilkes In contest
similar to that which came of ut Detroit the
side-wheeler going to wagon and the trotter to
sulky, or. in turf parlance, Ito harness." The
fact that Harry Wilkes won the former match
lent additional interest to the race hero. but
the extraordinary speed shown by Johnston In
his work made tho result about certainty In
his favor. The best judges declared the De-
troll victory clear fuks for the trotter. Bair.
who drives Johnston. Ia better known as the
old pilot Of Maud 3. He says 1t was entirely
his fault that the PAGER lost at Detroit. Il had
$1,000 OF my own money on the race" said he,
"and several Of my friends backed my horse
Odds h Ass ba made break 81, n 'hs so third
The effort was expensive. as 1t cost me the
The Harry Wiikes party evidently felt they
were overmatched,. for an attempt was made
trotsr S 70 win Bar Ire who Tie soul honest
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The trot proved to be q drawing card. and
brought out u large crowd on "Wednesday az
Sna J6Ts not On be
Wilkes where he pleased. and could have
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l:06k. The second heat was In 2:leh. the
e 81 efns as
It up in the third heat. and Johnston logged
home in 2:1gk, nearly six lengths ahead Of his
at St. Paul next week. but the, speed rate be-
tween them t. too greet a to lend any Interest to
my 81 s and H Few oSer pools
sold at about tho same odds. Sire Brothers
did not back their horse at all, so that their
a1 Fr ssis L happeSs when slate is
horse not n the combination win break up
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YAH IS the he peos asa
quality as his horse, the scheme would have
been successful, The favorite won the first two
fRd wsSd heyo ses hs st
broke the mare up 50 that she was really dis
Elmo back for the foul. Woodruff, the driver
tha VaeVr @ss yg q to Elm
when the accident occurred. .Fhe owners Of
Dan and screwdriver averred that they had
besR lad dsened Ths opened shs judsss
eyes to the true hinwardnosws Ct the race and
two ,'i heats from screwlriyer When vaiEyr
unable to get s1gs npS in the dan mile WIN
This heat: after yalkyr had come in first. was
properiIg dsc!sred void and the race was laid
drivers was made. Both Feek and. johnson
were unwilling to run the risk Of being taken
sad fssp6sd Ky tssi
G S MaT bs Park
fast enough to beat the two survivors. Lady
Whitefoot was too speedy. however. and in Mr..
2:24A,winning with something to spare. Those
in the Job were bitten severely.
or % chosen To S
heats to Bessie and Astral, Turner pulled him
IN to TN sab Te rsse
finished on Friday, and Spofrord was worse off
have beaten her on Thursday. All three horses
pe 1 ws oay IN na ts est mile
Astral.
On Friday a wonderful lot Of work was done
nuu tHo JuEGob WeTo
They seemed to be sharpened by the scent OF
fraud and no less than sixteen, heats were
trotted and paced in less than six hours. The
unfinished races above detailed were, quickly
concluded, and then Kenilworth reeled of the
necessary three heats in the postponed 2:l9
class. Judge Davis and Rosalind Wilkes were
no match for the famous campagner this
week, though many knowing ones thought he
was In the pink Of condition, and Kenilworth
took to 1t kindly. An equally saSy. run was
that OF the grey geding Billy Freer in the 1888
class, his company being many seconds below
him In speed
The free for all pace was the occasion Of an
other defeat for Gossip. Jr. after he was made
a strong favorite. Little Mac was the one to
lower the famous sidewheeler's colors here.
same character as that fought with Argyle at
Hartford last week. Little Mao had not been
going we'll through the first OF the circuit, but
latterly he has been coming, and on Friday he
heat in 2:15k, with Cohannet making the pace
and Gossip, Jr.. laid up, he went on and strug-
Rled with the favorite for three more rounds.
winning by his superior staying powers, 1t is
worthy OF note that in the first heat of this race
the stallion Cohannet paced the second quarter
ut a 2:06 gait.